Masterpieces for Children Thomas Mastroianni
Little Music Book for Anna Magdalena Bach Minuets, Polonaises, Arias, Chorales, Partitas, French Suites, WTC Preludes Minuet in G (p3) Anonymous Ornaments, Harmonic Filler Rondeau #6 Ornaments in the French Style Minuet in A Min. #14 Imitation, contrapuntal style Aria #26 (Goldberg Variations Theme)
Notebook for W.F. Bach Inventions WTC Preludes “Fantasias” Misc. - Minuets, etc. Works by other composers
J. Haydn Sonata # 2 in C (p. 5)pre 1766 i Rounded Binary ii Menuet iii Finale (Sonata Allegro) Sonata #8 in A Major (p.32) Harpsichord Style
Beethoven Bagatelles, Op 3 #3 F Major (p.10) forward phrase motion toward sf slurs and repeated notes 6 Bagatelles Op. 126 (p.71) more difficult 2 Preludes in all keys Op. 39 #2 C Major (p.25) 3 & 4 voice textures in 1 meas. Bites Circle of all keys
Beethoven Sonata Op 49 # 2 (p.73) Tutti vs. small ensemble simple accom. Patterns LH technique Menuet LH double notes and reaches
Heller Romantic Etudes - Op.125 #3 (p.11) close hand positions simple chords (mostly diatonic) Op.47 # 15(p.15) LH melodic playing clear harmony, easily blocked
Chopin Preludes E Minor # 4 Harmonic Voice Leading and Phrasing Balance and tone imagry A Major # 7 Melodic Projection, Tone colors Db Major # 15(p.35) LH voicing and balance Repeated notes tone colors and balance C Minor #20(p.51) Chord phrasing and colors. G Minor #22(p.54) 8ve technique, arm technique and tone color
MacDowell Woodland Sketches Op 51 To a Wild Rose – forward phrasing Color contrast In Autumn Staccato, vs detache, vs slurs
Kabalevsky - Sonatina # 1 Harmonic Layering and Parallelism Touch and Tone
Khachaturian Toccata Rhythmic Hand Alternation Tritone Relationship “B” section Rhythmic groupings Fingering
Ernest Bloch Poems of the Sea Poetry and Muisc Waves – harmonic content Chanty - simple accompaniment Rhythmic Subdivions (2, 3 and 4) Wide spaced LH sonorities At Sea – Dorian Mode
Debussy Two Arabesques 1 st Arabesque – parallel harmonies Pentatonic Figuration 2 nd Arabesque Pentatonic structure of theme Ornaments
Bartok Piano Pieces for Children # 33 - Dorian Melody (minus d) Color Harmony, Chord patterns and clusters. #42 - Folk Song, modal, drone accomp. BAgpipes
Bartok Mikrokosmos Vol. 4 Notturno # 97 (p.6) Added Note Harmony Study Conjunct Melody From the Island of Bali # 109 (p.24) Thematic Cells ½ step, Tritone, symmetry Bulgarian Rhythm Drone Ostinato Phrase Direction
Bartok Roumanian Folk Dances 1 – LH jumps, pedalling, phrase direction 2 – Phrasing to end note, Dorian mode 3 – Ledger line reading, touch and ornaments, Bagpipe effect. 4 – Sonority study 5 - Asymmetric rhythm groups, LH mobility 6 – Rhythmic Ostenato LH, end of phrase accents
Hindemith Sonata No. 2 Modality Accompaniment Layers Theory of interval tension (see B theme)
Krenek 12 Short Piano Pieces # 4 The Moon Rises